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Average rent in Donegal rises to €605pm 17.08.18

IN Donegal, rents were on average 1.7% higher in the second quarter of 2018 than a year previously. The average advertised rent is now €605 per month, up 25% from its lowest point according to the latest quarterly rental report by Daft.ie.
Rents rose nationwide by an average of 12.4% in the year to June 2018. This represents the ninth consecutive quarter in which a new all-time high for rents has been set and also in which annual inflation in rents has been greater than 10%. The average monthly rent nationwide during the second quarter of 2018 was €1,304. This is €274 per month higher than the previous peak in 2008 and over €560 higher than the low seen in late 2011.
Commenting on the report, Ronan Lyons, economist at Trinity College Dublin and author of the Daft Report, said: “While the building of new homes appears to be having some effect in the sales market, with inflation easing somewhat, there is no counterpart in the rental sector. While urban apartments make up almost all the net need for new homes in the country as a whole, just 13% of new homes completed in the year to March were urban apartments. In that context, it is unsurprising to see rents rise once more.
Ronan Lyons.
As before, with such a mismatch between supply and demand, policy must focus on dramatically increasing the construction of urban apartments, for both market and social housing needs.”
In Dublin, the increase in rents in the year to June 2018 was 13.4% and rents in the capital are now 34%, or almost €500 a month, higher than their previous peak a decade ago. Rents continue to rise rapidly in other cities also. In Limerick city, rents were 20.7% higher than a year ago, while in Waterford, the increase was 19.3%. Galway saw its rents increase by 15.9% in the same period, while in Cork, rents rose by 12.8%. Outside the five main cities, rents rose by an average of 10.4%.
Reacting to the latest Daft.ie report findings, Shane De Rís – Trinity Students’ Union President said: "It is tragic that yet again we’ll see students forced out of education due to the financial strain placed on them by the housing market, forced to delay their future due to Government inaction. There is no easy-fix to this crisis, but the time for action has already arrived. The housing crisis is the biggest obstacle facing the future of higher education in this country today."

Average rents, and year-on-year change, Q2 2018
Dublin: €1,936, up 13.4%
Cork: €1,266, up 12.8%
Galway: €1,189, up 15.9%
Limerick: €1,109, up 20.7%
Waterford: €921, up 19.3%
Rest of the country: €909, up 10.4%
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